Cultural agility

Cultural agility is a term employed in talent management to design a complex competency based on skills whose command allows an individual or an organization to perform successfully in cross-cultural situations.[1][2][3] The concept appears to overlap with others such as cross-cultural competence and cultural intelligence.[4] The subject has been linked to studying abroad,[5] foreign talent acquisition,[6] immigrants and refugees,[7] career success,[8] sports coaching,[9] leadership development,[10] and global business.[11] On psychological aspects, the command of cultural agility resources may be facilitated by personality traits like extraversion, openness, and predisposition to novelty seeking, but also by appropriate learning.[12] Self-assessment has been pointed out as a practical approach to evaluate the level of competence reached by cultural agility trainees.[13]

History

Apart from its colloquial use, the term agility was proposed as a relevant concept to industry and business management in the 1990s by Steven L. Goldman,[14] who published a volume on the subject.[15] An early use of the full term (cultural agility) is found in a in a series of conferences by Terry Lee named "Leadership for the New Millennium", in 1999.[16] Since then, the concept has been amply developed by Paula Caligiuri and coworkers through many academic articles and books, and is now widely used in academic literature.[17]

Beyond academic circles, the term has gained popularity in mass media when commenting about the need for acquisition of intercultural skills to achieve adequate inclusion in the socioeconomic workings of an increasinly globalized world.[18][19][20][21][22] A Cultural Agility Collaboration Group has been established by the University of Minessota to facilitate developing inclusive, equitable, socially just spaces in campuses, and local communities.[23]

Further reading

Reviews
  • Caligiuri, Paula; Tarique, Ibraiz (2016). "Cultural agility and international assignees' effectiveness in cross-cultural interactions". International Journal of Training and Development. 20 (4): 280–289. doi:10.1111/ijtd.12085. S2CID 147917789.

Books
  • Caligiuri, P. (2012). Cultural Agility: Building a Pipeline of Globally Successful Professionals. Jossey-Bass Publishing.ISBN 978-1118275078.
  • Ferraro, G. P., & Briody, E. K. (2017). The cultural dimension of global business. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1138202290[24]
  • Olivier, S., Hölscher, F., & Williams, C. (2020). Agile Leadership for Turbulent Times: Integrating Your Ego, Eco and Intuitive Intelligence. Routledge. ISBN 978-0367457105[25]
  • The Agile Culture Code: A guide to organizational agility (1st ed., 2020). BusinessVillage, ISBN 978-3869805252.[26]
  • Caligiuri P. Building Your Cultural Agility: The Nine Competencies of Successful Global Professionals. Kogan-Page Publishing, (2021, in press), ISBN 978-1789666618[13]

References
  1. Caligiuri, Paula (2013-07-01). "Developing culturally agile global business leaders". Organizational Dynamics. 42 (3): 175–182. doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2013.06.002.
  2. Sager, Mathias (2019-03-02). "The Development of Cultural Agility (A Literature Review)". Medium. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  3. Olivier, Sharon; Hölscher, Frederick; Williams, Colin (2021). "7". Leadership and cultural agility (1st ed.). UK: Routledge. pp. 162–191. doi:10.4324/9781003029595-8. ISBN 978-0367457105. S2CID 229417236.
  4. "CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE Trademark of XL ALLIANCE, LLC - Registration Number 4430285 - Serial Number 85937282 :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  5. Traylor, Allison; Caligiuri, Paula (2019-12-16). "The study buddy effect: studying abroad with a close friend and the development of cultural agility". Research in Comparative and International Education. 14 (4): 466–476. doi:10.1177/1745499919894073. S2CID 213915155.
  6. "Aussie lawyers: London wants you". Australian Financial Review. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  7. department, the Maine Sunday Telegram marketing (2020-03-22). "Maine Summer Camps' Level Ground Initiative Opens Up the Camp Experience for New Mainers". Press Herald. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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  9. Waine, Anthony; Hacker, Vivien (2014), Waine, Anthony; Naglo, Kristian (eds.), "The Phenomenon of David Beckham: Incorporating Cultural Mobility and Cosmopolitanism", On and Off the Field: Fußballkultur in England und Deutschland | Football Culture in England and Germany (in German), Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, pp. 47–66, doi:10.1007/978-3-658-00133-9_3, ISBN 978-3-658-00133-9, retrieved 2021-03-01
  10. "IRMA-International.org: Culturally Agile Leadership: A Relational Leadership Development Approach: Marisa Cleveland, Simon Cleveland: Journal Articles". www.irma-international.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  11. Caligiuri, Paula (2013). "Developing culturally agile global business leaders". Organizational Dynamics. 42 (3): 175–182. doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2013.06.002.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  12. Braun, Thomas J.; Hayes, Bryan C.; DeMuth, Rachel L. Frautschy; Taran, Olya A. (2017-11-22). "The Development, Validation, and Practical Application of an Employee Agility and Resilience Measure to Facilitate Organizational Change". Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 10 (4): 703–723. doi:10.1017/iop.2017.79. ISSN 1754-9426. S2CID 148862147.
  13. CALIGIURI, PAULA (2021). BUILD YOUR CULTURAL AGILITY : the nine competencies you need to be a successful global professional. KOGAN PAGE. ISBN 978-1-78966-661-8. OCLC 1152067760.
  14. Goldman, Steven L.; Nagel, Roger N. (1993-01-01). "Management, technology and agility: the emergence of a new era in manufacturing". International Journal of Technology Management. 8 (1–2): 18–38. doi:10.1504/IJTM.1993.025758 (inactive 31 October 2021). ISSN 0267-5730.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2021 (link)
  15. Goldman, Steven L. (1995). Agile competitors and virtual organizations : strategies for enriching the customer. Roger N. Nagel, Kenneth Preiss. New York: [Wiley]. ISBN 0-471-28650-8. OCLC 902613554.
  16. The The International Congress on Local Government Engineering and Public Works : incorporating the 10th National Local Government Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, 22-26 August 1999. Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia, Engineers Australia, N.S.W.) National Local Government Engineering Conference (10th : : Sydney. Sydney, N.S.W.: Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia. 1999. p. 6. ISBN 0-9586804-9-3. OCLC 779853755.CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. Duus, Rikke; Cooray, Muditha (2014-06-29). "Together We Innovate: Cross-Cultural Teamwork Through Virtual Platforms". Journal of Marketing Education. 36 (3): 244–257. doi:10.1177/0273475314535783. ISSN 0273-4753. S2CID 168104931.
  18. Selingo, Jeffrey J. (Nov 17, 2017). "Are colleges preparing students for the automated future of work?". Washington Post. Retrieved Feb 19, 2021.
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  21. McDonald, Tim. "Humanics: A way to 'robot-proof' your career?". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
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  24. Ferraro, Gary P. (2017). The cultural dimension of global business. Elizabeth Kathleen Briody (8th ed.). Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-138-63245-5. OCLC 957504075.
  25. Olivier, Sharon (2021). Agile leadership for turbulent times : integrating your ego, eco and intuitive intelligence. Frederick Holscher, Colin Williams. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-1-003-02959-5. OCLC 1182020299.
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